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Pala Today News – 6/29/26

Written by John Fox on June 29, 2026

The following items are part of the award-winning “Pala Today” newscast heard this day at noon on PALA REZ RADIO™ 91.3 FM in Pala.

LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS

A fire Saturday at the junction of the 15 and 215 freeways in Murrieta prompted the closure of both freeways just before 2p. The fire’s forward progress was halted at less than an acre about 15 minutes later. Both freeways were fully reopened by 3p. https://patch.com/california/murrieta/fire-prompts-closure-215-15-freeways-murrieta

Two children and one adult were burned while roasting marshmallows in a backyard party Saturday in Oceanside. First responders were called to the 500 block of The Strand North at about 6:30p. Due to the severity of their injuries, the two children were airlifted to a regional burn center. One of the children’s father was transported by ground ambulance to the same burn center. Investigation shows the incident involved rubbing alcohol being used as fuel. Alcohol vapors can ignite unexpectedly, creating a flash fire, even in what appears to be normal use. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/north-county-news/three-people-burned-roasting-marshmallows-in-oceanside

The annual Oceanside Independence Parade took place Saturday on Coast Highway, which was lined with thousands of spectators. Organizers say there were 105 parade entries, including military units, local organizations, nonprofits, local businesses, and residents. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/north-county-news/thousands-of-people-line-s-coast-highway-in-oceanside-for-the-annual-independence-parade

The city of Oceanside has updated its general plan in expectation of 45k new residents and 17k more housing units by the year 2050.

A San Marcos HOA is trying to fine homeowners for flying the American flag. The Ambiance Homeowners Association adopted a ban of all residential flag displays in 2024. Amy Cooke has been flying her American flag there for 20 years. She’s now received multiple notices to remove it or be fined $100. Legal experts say forcing her to remove the flag is absolutely a violation of law. Her HOA has not responded to requests for their side of the story. With four days to go before America’s 250^th Anniversary, Cooke and one other neighbor who’ve refused to submit to the flag ban will have a hearing before the HOA tomorrow night. https://inewsource.org/2026/06/29/san-marcos-hoa-american-flag-fine/

One of the Big Bear Lake eagle chicks, Sandy took her first flight after an accidental steep fall from a tree as she and her sibling, Luna were hopping over each other. Thousands of viewers were watching the livestream Eagle Cam at the time. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/north-county-news/thousands-of-people-line-s-coast-highway-in-oceanside-for-the-annual-independence-parade

Pala will have a chance of drizzle overnight into tomorrow morning. High temperatures in the upper 70s, warming to the mid-80s by Independence Day. The full forecast is coming up. (below)

SPORTS

In Major League Baseball – The Padres, after a promising 7-1 victory Friday night, ended up losing two out of three to the Dodgers including a 15-3 rout Saturday and a 4-2 loss yesterday including a tie-breaking walk to Freddie Freeman. Arizona got swept in Tampa. That puts the Dodgers in first place by ten games over San Diego and 12½ over Arizona. The Angels took two out of three from the visiting A’s including a 4-1 win yesterday that included Josh Lowe’s first career grand slam. Today, the Padres play the Cubs in Chicago, the Dodgers play the A’s in Sacramento, Arizona hosts San Francisco, and the Angels have the day off.

In the minors – The Lake Elsinore Storm beat Fresno 6-4 yesterday at Diamond Stadium. Fresno took four out of the six games. The Storm open a series hosting Stockton tomorrow night.

In the NBA – Walmart heir Lukas Walton has purchased a minority share in the Chicago Bulls. www.marketwatch.com

The Clippers and Raptors are talking about a trade involving Kawhi Leonard. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49214664/clippers-raptors-trade-talks-kawhi-leonard

The Golden State Warriors are rumored to be on the hunt for LeBron James in free agency and Anthony Davis via trade this week after Draymond Green declined his $27.6 million player option this morning. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49215931/sources-warriors-eye-lebron-ad-moves-green-declines-option

In the WNBA – Yesterday’s winners were Minnesota, Las Vegas, Golden state and Washington over Portland in quadruple overtime.

In golf – At the Travelers Championship in Cornwell, Connecticut, Viktor Hovland prevailed over Scottie Scheffler on the first hole of sudden death after both finished four rounds at 21-under par 259. https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard

In racing – NASCAR Cup this Sunday at Sonoma, Shane van Gisbergen was the winner. https://www.espn.com/racing/results

BUSINE$$

As of midday trading on Wall Street, stocks were up. The Dow gained 7 tenths of a percent and is on-target to finish the day at a new record-high. The S&P 500 was up 1.1%. And the Nasdaq rose almost 1.9%. Gold fell $60.30 on the Comex, trading $4,036 an ounce. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures gained $1.64 to $70.87 a barrel.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook can remain with the central bank while President Trump continues his attempts to fire her. But, among the many decisions handed down by SCOTUS last week, justices on Thursday overturned a 91-year-old precedent that has prevented presidents from removing members of independent agencies at will. In a 6-3 ruling, the court found that President Trump’s March 2025 firing of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter without cause was lawful. The decision represents a significant win for the Trump administration and a major expansion of the president’s control over parts of the government once seen as a check on his powers. Since its creation of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 1914, Congress has held that commissioners can only be fired for “inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.” Slaughter was presented with no such reason for her removal, only told her “continued service on the FTC is inconsistent with [the Trump] Administration’s priorities.” Last summer, a lower court had found her firing was unlawful. https://www.npr.org/2026/06/29/nx-s1-5816232/supreme-court-ftc-independent-agencies-humphreys-executor

Communications giant Comcast is planning to split itself into two companies – one, a media-centered business that would include brands like NBCUniversal and Sky, and a separate company focused on broadband and wireless services. https://apnews.com/article/comcast-nbcuniversal-sky-5dc27c2e6fe45eb78eae4336e025b4e2

Saks Global, the parent company of Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman, officially emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday with fewer stores, less debt, a more focused strategy to pamper the affluent, and a new name. The company will now be called Exemplar Luxury Group. https://apnews.com/article/saks-neiman-marcus-bergdorf-goodman-bankruptcy-67ba3bf1caa3c2c5a3bf8f16e61c43c7

Slowing population growth, changing consumer behavior and soaring prices are creating the perfect storm that may see automakers selling as many as 2m fewer vehicles per year by 2040. Ten years ago, the industry sold a record 17.6m new cars, trucks and SUVs in the U.S. Some industry analysts are saying we’ll never see that again, and that in fact, sales are going to continue to fall. There will be fewer new drivers due to population decline and younger demographics foregoing personal vehicles, and fewer new vehicles sold by a declining industry at a time when technology is disrupting everything. Half of all 16-year-olds today don’t have a driver’s license. And the share of new vehicle registrations by people aged 18 to 34 fell from 12% in 2021 to 10% last year. More than half of all new-car buyers are now 55 or older. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/28/us-auto-market.html

LIFESTYLE / GREEN LIVING

Over the weekend at the movie box office, “Toy Story 5” continued to dominate, selling another $70m worth of tickets – almost double the debut of “Supergirl”, which sold $38m. “Obsession” was third with $9.8m in its 7^th week of release. It has never been #1. “Jackass: Best and Last” opened in 4^th place with $8.4m. The total for this weekend’s top ten was $148m. That’s below average for weekends since Memorial Day, but better than average for the year so far. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2026W26/

On this day in music history – June 29,

1967, Rolling Stone Keith Richards was found guilty of allowing his home to be used for the illegal smoking of marijuana. He was sentenced to one year in jail and an $850 fine. Mick Jagger was also fined $170 and three months in jail on drug charges. Both were released on about $10k bail the next day.
In 1968, Pink Floyd gave a free concert in London’s Hyde Park along with Jethro Tull and Tyrannosaurus Rex to mark the release of Floyd’s second album, “A Saucerful of Secrets”
In 1979, singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Lowell George died of a heart attack at a hotel in Virginia. He’d been a guitarist with The Mothers of Invention, front man for Little Feat and played on John Cale’s “Paris” and Harry Nilsson’s “Nilsson Schmilsson” albums.
In 1984, Bruce Springsteen kicked off the first leg of his Born in the USA Tour with three nights in St. Paul. He would play a total of 185 shows over the next 16 months ending in LA.
In 1985, John Lennon’s custom 1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V limo sold for $3m at auction in New York.
In 1999, Michael Jackson suffered severe bruising when he fell 50 feet during the collapse of concert staging in Munich’s Olympic Stadium.
In 2000, Eminem’s mother sued the rapper for $10m for defamation of character over the line “My mother smokes more dope than I do” in his single “My Name Is”.
In 2002, singer and actress Rosemary Clooney died of lung cancer. Her nephew, actor George Clooney was a pallbearer at the funeral.
In 2016, Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie filed for divorce from her fourth husband, Michael Lockwood a few months after their 10^th Her other marriages included six years with Danny Keough, five years with Michael Jackson, and two with Nicholas Cage.

Born on this day …

In 1945, Little Eva. She was babysitting for songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin who asked her to record one of their songs. “The Loco-Motion” hit #1 in 1962.
In 1947, Eric Wrixon from the Irish band, Them back when their lead singer was Van Morrison. Wrixon was also a founding member of Thin Lizzy.
In 1948, Ian Paice, drummer for Deep Purple
In 1953, lead singer for Men at Work, Colin Hay

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/search/?keyword=&date=29&month=6

Other celebrity anniversaries today …

Actor and Congressman Fred Grandy is 78. He played Gopher on “The Love Boat”
Comedian and writer for SNL, Colin Jost is 44
Among those who’ve passed, early silent film actor Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle was born on this day in 1887. Arbuckle gave fellow actor Buster Keaton his big break in pictures.
Character actor Slim Pickens from “Dr. Strangelove”, “The Getaway” and “Blazing Saddles” was born on this day in 1919
Comedian and actor Richard Lewis was born in 1947

http://www.dementeddatebook.com/2080-date0629.htm

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WEATHER

Pala Weather – mostly sunny with a high of 78 and winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour this afternoon and again tomorrow … fog and patchy drizzle tonight … gradual clearing to sunny and 79 Wednesday … 81 Thursday … 83 Friday … 85 Saturday and Sunday … overnight lows, 55 tonight … 53 tomorrow and Wednesday night … 55 Thursday night … 57 Friday night … 59 Saturday night

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